If records are meant to be broken, U.S. stock market indices are leading the way, as both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average continue to reach new heights. U.S. home prices and gold are also hitting new highs. At the same time, the Federal Reserve defied most …
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This summer is proving to be a scorcher, and the temperature gauge is not the only thing setting records. U.S. equity markets are also bringing the heat, with the S&P 500 notching over 30 record highs in 2024 so far, marking the best first half of the year since 2019, …
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On the tails of AI and tech-euphoria perhaps, if we listen closely, we can hear the markets belting out “I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars” as record after record is obliterated. Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” is, after all, a fitting song title du jour. In further …
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The investing world lost a legend, and masterful second-fiddle player, this quarter. Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and best friend and business partner of Warren Buffett for six decades, passed away in November, a month shy of his 100th birthday. Warren nicknamed Charlie the “abominable no-man” for his …
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